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LIVERPOOL’S new signing Xherdan Shaqiri let Stoke down last season, his former team-mate Charlie Adam claims.

The Switzerland international completed his move to Anfield last week.

Liverpool paid just £13m for the winger due to a relegation release clause in his Stoke contract.

The 26-year-old impressed for the Potters last season, however, Stoke didn’t have enough to stay in the Premier League.

And Stoke midfielder Adam has slammed Liverpool’s new signing Shaqiri, claiming he didn’t step up last season.

Speaking on talkSPORT, Adam said: “Was he one of them? Oh, definitely.

“When the chips are down you look at your big players, you want your big players to bring magic in one moment in the season, and it times we felt like the so-called big players in the squad never turned up for us and never performed.